Ad Astra Cosplay Results





Since it almost seems like the steampunk weapons were more work (at least they took longer), we’ll start with those.
We turned these:
Into these:
(That’s a post-con picture. You can see a little evidence of use and, in my case, the loss of a small scorpion on top.)
Mine (the shotgun) was pretty much done with layers of spray paint and made use of painter’s tape. The girls’ were much more intricate, involving a lot of handpainting and far more artistic ability than I’ve got.
As for costumes, there was much shopping of thrift stores and craft stores. We’ve got a lot of stuff we didn’t use (hey, FanExpo is coming) to play with still. The girls were awesome:
I actually had two costumes, the traditional mad scientist and 2/3 of a three-piece suit I accessorized. Worked out fairly well, I think.
Bit of a difference in demeanor, no?
We didn’t manage to take a lot of pictures since we were in costume most of the time (all of the time in the case of my oldest daughter}, and I need to raid two iPods to see everything we took, but I’ll get some photos up of other cosplayers shortly.







2 Comments
Ril
LOVE the guns! costumes look great too, so much fun. The dr horrible esk crazy scientist look looks like it would have been fun. thanks for posting pics.
Lance
Thanks! It was a great weekend. We’re looking forward to Anime North now. Which is only… crap. Better get started on costumes.